Month: March 2006
Author Miriam Adahan On The Gush Katif Expulsion and It’s Refugees …
With much thanks to and with permission from Miriam Adahan;
It is March, 2006, seven months since the expulsion of some 10,000 Jews from Gush Katif. At that time, I wrote a piece called “Imagine,” decrying some of the tragic aspects of that terrible event. Now it is time for an update:
Imagine that 7 months ago, you lived among proud, hard-working people with zero unemployment, which brought in $2 billion a year, and that now you live in a world where 85% of your neighbors are unemployed – all to satisfy the government’s desire to please Arab terrorists.
Gush Katif Refugees Hope to Build and Re-Unify in Lachish …
Gush Katif Expellees to Build Gush Lachish
Excerpts;
A new Gush Katif – “Katif Bloc of Settlements” – is to arise in the Lachish area, east of the Be’er Sheva-Kiryat Gat area, west of Hevron. It will be built mainly by former residents of Gush Katif.
Five new communities are scheduled to be built along a north-south 15-kilometer range – though most of them are still very much in the planning stage. It could be anywhere from 2-4 years before all the permits and approvals are obtained and construction is completed.
Olmert & Kadima: The Politics of Demonization …
The Demonization of the Fringe
Excerpts;
In his book Perfidy, while retelling the story of the trial of Dr. Rudolf Kastner in 1955, Ben Hecht records the testimony of Joel Brand, who was tasked with saving literally millions of Hungarian Jews from the ovens of the Holocaust. Amongst the tragedies that this testimony reveals is the devastating effect that can result from the marginalization of upright individuals who do not submit to foul policies of the establishment.
The calamity at Amona could only have been carried out after the general public in Eretz Yisroel and in America had been convinced, to the point of being brainwashed, of the unlawfulness of the “extreme-right-fanatical-fringe-element”, known as “settlers”.
On Israeli Politicians Like Olmert: Unchecked Political Quacks and Hacks …
Column One: Israel’s Policy Quacks, by Caroline Glick
Excerpts;
If a doctor treated a breast cancer patient by amputating her big toe, he would doubtlessly be kicked out of medicine. Medical quackery is punished today. Sadly, the same cannot necessarily be said of public policy malpractice.
So the events of September 11 made the US realize that its policies toward the Arabs and the UN had to be changed because far from advancing US interests, their old policies harmed them. Unfortunately, the new policies which replaced the old failed policies were incapable of solving the US’s problems and so they too have failed.
“Face-to-Face” Before Elections is Job for Adult Wisdom, Not Teens …
“Dear Adults, Now It’s Your Turn”
Commentary;
This young teen articulates what many have been thinking.
He writes; “And you, the adults – and excuse me for the generalization – mainly supported us from behind. You told us, ‘Yasher koach, great job, what wonderful youth!’ You told us, ‘We have jobs and family.’ And you know something? You were right. At that time, what we did was our job.”
“Now it’s your turn. Because if you say, ‘I can’t leave my job,’ how do you know that later you’ll have a job at all? – see entry for ‘Gush Katif residents.'”
Shabbos War News …
Egypt Confiscates Ton-and-a-half of Explosives En Route to Gaza
A further report on this Confiscation is below;
Egypt Uncovers Explosives Near Border
3 Kassams Fired: One Lands at Sea, 2 in Open Areas
Palestinians Shoot at IDF Post Near Kissufim
Three Armed Palestinians Caught Near Gaza Border
Jihad Fugitives Escape IDF in W. Bank
IDF, Palestinians Exchange Fire in Nablus
Rocks Thrown at Israeli Car Near Ramallah
Connecting the Dots on the Jericho Action?
A friend has sent a couple of emails, the most recent being this morning regarding his take on the Jericho action and the seizure of the 6 Rachavim Ze’evi Assassins/Co-conspirators. These emails seem to strongly support the premise expressed in the Emmanuel Winston article below;
17 March, 2006;
The one thing that really seems to prove coordination between the players is the instantaneous move by the IDF once the monitors drove past. Like, so what if they drove past? Does that mean they abandoned the prison permanently? Maybe they went out to lunch? Maybe they were coming back? Maybe there were other observers left behind? Wouldn’t it have created a major diplomatic row if the IDF went in and the Brits hadn’t really left or were coming back?
Those Who Brought You Expulsion from Gush Katif and Amona: A Stay Home on Election Day is a Vote for Olmert and for More Expulsions …
Weekly Commentary: The Retreat Referendum
Excerpts;
I wanted to send a simple message to my fellow countrymen who oppose the retreat but out of disgust for the politicians do not plan to vote: These elections are not about Netanyahu, or Silvan “Steve” Shalom, or various other politicians in the other parties in the national camp. These elections are a national referendum on retreat.
Staying at home is a vote for retreat. I have no illusions. There is no guaranty that the politicians will ultimately even honor the outcome of the “referendum”. But it is our only shot. And sometimes in life you make an effort because an issue is so important even if you can’t be certain that the effort will pay off.